No money in open-source software?
TheStar.com | Business | Sun Microsystems to buy MySQL for $1B
Who said there there is no money in open-source software? MySQL has built a stable and sustainable business model around its open-source version of its database. Now it is cashing in on that for 9 zero’s. Good job!
Maven or monkey?
So I’ve been doing a lot of reading of late, trying to improve on my preparation to really contribute to society. (Luck/Success = Preparation + Opportunity) I have an enormous (but self-under-valued) skill set in my field of study (Software Engineering –that is, use of software to solve engineering problems–), little of which I […]
The BIGGEST thing about the iPhone is…
embedded Mac OS X. Period.
The cool features and ease of use is now what is expected from Apple. We’ve been talking about convergence for years, it’s about time… The fact that the Apple iPhone is running a full featured embedded Mac OS X is what the new revolution is going to be […]
We all can get along
Isn’t it a beautiful thing when we (i.e., OSes) get along. Vista and Fedora Core 6 running in Parallels Desktop for Mac on Mac OS X Tiger.
CC on The Hour
On tonight’s The Hour featured a segment with Lawrence Lessig about Creative Commons. The segment should appear online sometime soon, but poke me if you want it now.
I’ve had it … I’m switching
It is official, I am switching to Windows Vista. After being fed up with compiling kernels on a Saturday night, I switched from Linux to Mac OS X. But the eye candy is so useless, and reduces my productivity (Expose and Dashboard especially). After trying out the latest Vista beta, anything Mac […]
Curious about FLOSS?
Slashdot has a review of Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing. If you were interested in learning more about FLOSS, take a look at this book. You can read the entire book online at the link of the book (the link you just passed). If you really like the content, pick […]
Zed Open Sourced
Zed is progressive CBC production that bills itself as “Open Source Television”. It airs weekdays after the 11 pm National news broadcast. This evening Zed aired the documentary “Revolution OS”, a 2002 production investigating the hackers at the centre of the Free/Open Source Software community, and their rebellion against proprietary software.
In appreciation of […]
I was so close to being out
After completing my undergraduate degree in Software Engineering in April, I thought I was out of school… at least for a year or two. As usual, life does not play out as planned. I had my graduate student orientation session today, my first class is Thursday. Oh so close. Postponing my […]
OS X will win as *nix on the desktop
With Solaris boxen heading for pasture in record numbers, the fragmentation of the Linux desktop options (and other legal issues) has slowed the progress of Linux on the desktop, there is one bright light for making inrods into the MS Windows… Mac OS X.
Since making the Linux to OS X switch 4 weeks ago I’ve […]